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This Caldecott-winner said, “disgracefully incompetent” book reviewers would either:

• lavish “wild acclaim on a piece of artistic trash”

or

• destroy an illustrator’s career

This is our post on Trina Schart Hyman.
https://t.co/TbJaJVb5WO

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2021-03-29

“I want to tell my story of the times—what I’ve lived through; what we’re going through. Often, people don’t want to see that… but I don’t do what people want to see; I do what I can.”⁣

Here is our post on Faith Ringgold. https://t.co/CnVno7tk8B

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2021-03-27

In the late 1960’s, this artist submitted art of a blue bonnet-wearing girl to American Greetings.

Her art launched a decades-long phenomenon.

Here is our post on Denise Holly Ulinskas, better known as… Holly Hobbie. https://t.co/8gBSyVFOIQ

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2021-03-24

“To be truly successful, I needed to find a place where my work would inspire others to happier lives.”⁣
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That realization led this artist to children’s books.⁣

This is our post on Ed Young.
dhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CMxGyoqH88Y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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2021-03-24

In 1939, this artist fled the Nazis—taking one of the last Kindertransport trains to the UK.

Over the next 70 years, she made lasting contributions to publishing and art education.

Here is our post on Suzanne Einzig. https://t.co/f2xuu9Pi8F

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2021-03-23

Fellow Kristan Hanson considers the popularity of and in the 19th century in the new Plant of the Month, via : https://t.co/7eGzYAU6BC

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2021-03-23

New style application experiments, who would be up for a Football Fauvism book or abstract as campaign?

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2021-03-22

At 9, this artist was a refugee.
At 17, she helped England fight the Nazis.
At 45, she published her first children’s book.
At 95, she published her last children’s book.

This is our post on Judith Kerr. https://t.co/HwEE4kELqy

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2021-03-22


“I have always made works with polka dots. Earth, moon, sun and human beings all represent dots; a single particle among billions.“

Yayoi Kusama

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2021-03-22

Eric Carle described this artist’s “pedigree“ as “unmistakable”.

He said her art and stories invited the viewer into “magic”.

This is our post on Bernadette Watts. https://t.co/WHalmv1lB6

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2021-03-21

❝In my books, I try to give children pleasure and some information about the creatures around us. Good children’s books are for everybody.❞

This is our post on Caldecott-winning illustrator and fine artist, Juliet Kepes. https://t.co/avw4wYBONV

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2021-03-21